Hinge.



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PATBNTED FEB. 6, 1906. M. L. PETER & W. J. SEG'RIST.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25. 1905.

STATEQ PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE L. PETER AND \VILLIAM J. SECRIST, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

Application filed May 25, 1905. Serial No. 262,131.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MAURICE L. PETER and WILLIAM J. SnoRIsT, citizensof the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklinand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHinges, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a new and useful improvement in adjustable andremovable hinges.

The object of the invention is to provide a hinge having one memberconstructed so as to be readily fitted and adjusted to a doorjamb and riidly secured thereon without marring the face of the same by the use ofscrews, nails, or other fastenings.

Another feature resides in the construction of the hinge whereby it maybe permanently secured to the frame of a door or other closure, so thatthe same may be readily hung and placed in position by simply attachingthe adjustable member of the hinge to the door-jamb and tightening upthe adjilistable screw to rigidly fasten the same in p ace.

Finally, the object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described that will be strong, durable, and efficient andsimple and comparatively inexpensive to make.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of thenovel details of construction and operation, a preferable embodiment ofwhich is described in the specification and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a partial elevation of adoor, a doorjamb, and the surrounding parts, showing one of our improvedhinges in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view,slightly enlarged and taken on the line m x of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is aninner side or face elevation of one of our improved hinges.

It is to be understood that as many hinges may be used as are requiredor found desirable and that a description and illustration of one of thehinges will suffice for a clear and perfect understanding of ourinvention. Therefore in the drawings the numeral 1 designates a leaf ormember of an ordinary hinge, which projects between the furcations 2 ofan elongated hinge member 3. The members 1 and 3 are pivotally securedtogether by an ordinary pintle 1 in the usual manner. Extendingoutwardly and rearwardly from the furcations and preferably in line withthe pintle 4 are angular lugs 5. These lugs are so positioned that whenthe member 1 is fixedly secured, as on the frame 6 of the door 7, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, they will be divided centrally by the meetingedges of the said frame 6 and the door-jamb 8, thus projecting equallyinto the frame 6 and jamb 8, which are recessed to receive them. In thismanner a flush oint between the said frame and jamb may be had. Theelongated member 3 is provided with an extension 43, at the outer end ofwhich is arranged a rearwardly-projecting lug 9, extending at rightangles to the rear surface of the member 3 and parallel to the lugs 5.This lug 9 is screw-threaded, so as to receive an elongated screw 10,provided at its outer and free end with a thumb-piece 11. Adouble-pointed head 12 is loosely confined on the inner end of the screw10, so as to impinge the edge or side of the door-jamb 8 and to allowthe screw 10 to turn independently thereof to drive the points into thewood and securely fasten the member 3 in place. It is apparent that whenthe screw 10 is turned so as to drive the head 12 into contact with thedoor-jamb on one side the member 3 will be drawn toward the screw andthe lugs 5 thus caused to firmly engage with the opposite edge of thejamb, thereby firmlyfastening the hinge member in place. It will beapparent that there is considerable distance between the lugs 5 and thelug 9 thus allowing the hinge member 3 to be engaged about door-j ambsof various widths, it being merely necessary to adjust the screw byturning the piece 11 to drive the pointed head 12 into contact with thejamb.

The hinge member 1 having been once secured on the door, the latter maybe readily hung upon the door-jamb or can be removed and placed inposition on another door-j amb having a greater or lesswidth withoutmarring the face or surface of either.

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hinge having one of its members provided with projections adaptedto engage one side of a door-jamb or the like, and a screw carried bythe member adapted to engage the opposite side of the jamb to fasten themember in place.

2. In a hinge, an elongated member provided at its pivot end with lugs,and an ad justable fastening device carried at the opfastening deviceadjustably mounted in the 10 posite end of the member. lug.

3. In a hinge, the combination with the In testimony whereof we affixour signahinge member, of an elongated hinge memtures in presence of twoWitnesses.

5 her pivotally connected with the first-named MAURICE L. PETER.

hinge member and provided with lugs at its WILLIAM J. SECRIST point ofconnection with the said member, Witnesses: the said elongated memberhaving a lug at A. L. PHELPS,

its outer or free end, and a screw-threaded M. B. SOHLEY.

